Fraction of
Amounts
Name : _____________________________________
Year & Section : ______________________________
Teacher : ____________________________________
Completion Date: ______________________________
1. Work out
3
of 36
4
.........................
(2)
2. Work out
1
of 24
3
.........................
(1)
3. Work out
2
of 35 days
5
.........................
(2)
4. Calculate
4
of 72 kg
9
.........................
(2)
5. Work out
4
of 2 weeks
7
Give your answer in days.
. ....................... days
(2)
6. Calculate
5
of 14 kg
8
. ....................... kg
(2)
7. James earns £800 a month.
1 2
He spends on rent and on food and bills.
4 5
How much money has he left?
£.........................
(4)
8. Mrs Johnson set 6 students a test.
The test has 20 questions.
Mrs Johnson says
3
“to pass you will need to answer of the questions correctly.”
4
The results were:
Work out which students passed the test.
............................................................
(3)
9. Which is larger?
1 3
of 280 or of 400
2 8
Show your working.
.........................
(3)
10. Joanne has 300 sweets.
1
She gives of the sweets to Erin.
2
1
Joanne then gives of the remaining sweets to William.
3
How many sweets does Joanne have left?
.........................
(2)
11. Hannah has $900.
1 2
She spends on books and on presents.
3 5
What fraction of the $900 has she left?
.........................
(4)
12. A pair of jeans normally costs £48
1
In the sales there is off
4
Work out how much the jeans are in the sales.
£.........................
(2)
13. Work out
5
of 168
7
.........................
(2)
14. Work out
4
of 288
3
.........................
(2)
15. A shop has 24 bottles of lemonade.
2
of the bottles contain 500ml.
3
The rest of the bottles contain 2 litres.
How much lemonade does the shop have in total?
.........................
(4)
16. In January a baby elephant weighs 180kg.
3
By March the weight of the baby elephant had increased by
8
Work out the weight of the baby elephant in March.
. ....................... kg
(3)
17. Bill is 80 years old.
5
His son Max is of his age.
8
1
His granddaughter Jayne is of his age.
5
How many years older than Jayne is Max?
.........................
(4)
18. Georgie works 5 hours each week.
She earns £15 per hour.
1
Georgie saves of her earnings each week.
3
How many weeks does it take Georgie to save £200?
.........................
(4)
19. Gregory received £2400.
1 1
He gave of it to his favourite charity and spent of it on a new violin.
3 5
What fraction of his money is left?
.........................
(4)
20. A static caravan normally costs £58995
1
The price is reduced by in a sale.
5
Work out the sale price of the static caravan.
.........................
(2)
21. The attendance at Frome United versus Trowbridge Rovers was 8,701.
Of this crowd, five-sevenths were adults.
Calculate how many children were in the crowd.
.........................
(3)
22. A jar of coffee used to contain 520g.
New packets contain one-fifth less.
Work out how much the new packet contains.
........................g
(3)
23. In February, 1400 trains arrived at a train station.
three tenths of the trains were late.
Work out how many trains were not late.
........................
(3)
24. 96 adults and 260 children visit a new museum.
1 3
of the adults and of the children are surveyed as they leave.
6 20
Work out the total number of people surveyed.
........................
(3)
25. A large coffee costs £3.20
3
A medium coffee costs of the price of a large coffee.
4
Work out the total cost of 5 large coffees and 2 medium coffees.
........................
(4)
26. The size of a packet of pasta is increased by one-quarter.
The new size is later reduced by one-quarter.
Is the new packet smaller, the same size or larger than the original?
Explain how you worked out your answer.
(3)
27.
1 2
of 72 of
4 3
Fill in the missing number.
(2)
4
28. When a bouncy ball is dropped it will rise to of the height it dropped from.
5
A ball is dropped from a height of 5 metres and is allowed to bounce repeatedly.
Which is the least number of bounces until its rebound height is less than 2
metres?
Show your working.
. ....................... bounces
(3)
29. There are two parties to vote for in a local election, the Purple Party or the Red
Party.
21840 people voted in total for the two parties.
5
of the people who voted were over 50.
8
2
of the people aged over 50 voted for the Red Party.
3
9
of the people aged 50 or under voted for the Purple Party.
10
(a) Which party received the most votes?
.........................
(5)
(b) How many votes did they win by?
.........................
(1)
